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New dual-caliber Israeli rifle could be next Bond star
The Jerusalem Post ^ | Nov 29, 2007 | YAAKOV KATZ

Posted on 11/30/2007 8:54:34 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki

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To: SJSAMPLE
M-16/AR-15 platform can be changed in seconds with an upper receiver swap

Changed to what?

21 posted on 11/30/2007 9:15:56 AM PST by ASA Vet
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To: ASA Vet

9mm
6.8mm SPC
7.26x39mm (AK round).
.40SW
.45ACP
.50AE
.50Beowulf

You name it, as long as a magazine will still fit in the lower.


22 posted on 11/30/2007 9:17:48 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: ASA Vet

Oh, and you can even slap on a .50 BMG (yes) upper ;)

Try that with the Tavor.


23 posted on 11/30/2007 9:20:25 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: VR-21

Bullpups are meant for suppressors, and suppressors are meant for bullpups.


24 posted on 11/30/2007 9:21:17 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
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To: MindBender26

I too love my mini 14 along with my Kimber 45 I feel fairly safe.


25 posted on 11/30/2007 9:27:53 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

That looks just like something off a video game.


26 posted on 11/30/2007 9:33:15 AM PST by camerongood210 (Only the dead have seen the end of war)
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To: VR-21
Yway, and I know the barrel length is still long, but the sight radius is much shorter so you're required to have some kind of optical sight which raises costs.

Seems like a trade off to me, I mean, an M4 isn't exactly unwieldy.

27 posted on 11/30/2007 9:37:42 AM PST by tcostell (MOLON LABE)
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To: FastCoyote
I want one.

President Bush (King George I) made sure you can't have one.

28 posted on 11/30/2007 9:39:52 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government, Benito Guilinni a short man in search of a balcony)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

>This configuration enables an operator to use the short weapon in urban warfare, but at the same time shoot at targets over 500 meters away thanks to the relatively long barrel.<

I too can shoot at targets over 500 meters away with my Chiefs Special. The problem is I can’t hit them. Even if I could body armor would laugh at the effort. Is this weapon capable of better performance?


29 posted on 11/30/2007 9:40:34 AM PST by B4Ranch (( "Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." ))
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To: sukhoi-30mki

The Bond movies have been the best gun commercials that Walther ever made.....

PPK
P5
WA2000
P99

Hope they help the Tavor enter the US market, too.....

P.S. I want all of the above.... :D


30 posted on 11/30/2007 9:56:43 AM PST by seeker_two
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To: sukhoi-30mki
The big problem for a bullpup design is what do left handed shooters do? What does a right handed shooter do when firing around the left side of cover? In both cases, the ejected brass hits you in the face.

A more practical weapon is the KH M416 that uses the collapsible butt stock of the M4 and provdes a rod operated bolt to keep gasses out of the bolt area.

Upper kits can fit existing M4s.

31 posted on 11/30/2007 9:59:31 AM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Must...........have...........one.........


32 posted on 11/30/2007 10:03:34 AM PST by MDspinboyredux
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To: tcostell
Seems like a trade off to me, I mean, an M4 isn't exactly unwieldy.

I would think the main advantage would be in urban warfare. A compact weapon works better for clearing buildings.

You're point about the sight radius is valid and would need to be addressed with optics.

33 posted on 11/30/2007 10:03:48 AM PST by untrained skeptic
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To: B4Ranch

hit a target over 500 meters away? this would be a good preformance for an assault rifle. when i was in military we fired the stg77 a2 (steyr aug A2) cal. 5,56 x 45 mm .
It was really easy to hit targets 300-350 meters away. but shooting a target at over 500 meters away? yes it was possible but only when there was no or very very light wind.


34 posted on 11/30/2007 10:06:44 AM PST by austrian
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To: MindBender26

I have a mini 14. Any ideas on brand names for that stock?


35 posted on 11/30/2007 10:07:17 AM PST by steel_resolve (If you can't stand behind our troops, then please stand in front...)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
dual calibre? what about these?


36 posted on 11/30/2007 10:21:03 AM PST by absolootezer0 (white male christian hetero married gun toting SUV driving motorcycle riding conservative smoker)
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To: steel_resolve

http://www.gunaccessories.com/mwg/index.asp

Love mine.


37 posted on 11/30/2007 10:30:01 AM PST by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: ASA Vet

Think it’s a movie still photo, not RVN.

Camo cover on helmet is FUBAR. Green side out on one side, brown side out on the other!

He has chin strap around his chin! No grunt would do that, even for a posed picture. And that model chin strap looks like either ABN or post-RVN issue.

He has the right suspenders, but what’s that camo flack jacket on his back? Don’t remember camo flack jackets. Were all OD, yes?

Doesn’t have enough “shit” hanging off suspenders and chest.

Too good a shave.

Rifle has a yellow dymo label on upper part of stock. Never saw rifle in RVN with that.

Mag looks like civilian issue 30 rd mag.

Pine tree?

What’s that thing on the underside of the carry handle?

His hands, arms and particularly fingernails are way too clean to be a grunt.

When was that camo screen issued?

Of course, you guys who had three hots and a cot every night might not be aware that........... :~)


38 posted on 11/30/2007 10:48:30 AM PST by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: SJSAMPLE

I am about to sell a few old weapons to get a .50 Beowulf

Would love the Grendel, but I’m in Florida and can’t envision a 600 meter shot.


39 posted on 11/30/2007 10:53:30 AM PST by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: LIConFem

I think it’s actually a Winchester.


40 posted on 11/30/2007 10:54:50 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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